GUERILLA TREK BENI-TARAKOT

To reach Singa Bazaar you have to follow past the hot spring
along the bank of Beni river with views of villages at some distance. Singa
Bazaar is a village with tea shops, lodges, hotels, beautiful terraces and
typical houses. There is a small market which provides minimal supplies.
Leaving Singa Bazaar, you move through quite flat land all the way to Tara Khet
passing through villages. On the way, you can see mules carrying loads.

Overnight Camping [-/L/D]

Day 02: Trek from Tara Khet to Danyga Khola (1125m.) and it
takes about six hours.

This day you trek through gentle ascent path until you reach
Panchey (1700m.) passing villages, few trees and green hills. Now crossing a
suspension bridge over Beni river you arrive at Tokra (1820m.), a village.
Descending gently for couple of minutes, you reach Junla (2020m.), mostly
considered as a pass. The trail appears to be quite flat passing through
villages, sparse forests and green hills and you reach Danyga Khola. Danyga
village lies at the bank of Danyga Khola. There are few typical houses and you
can see local people, who mostly belong to Magar.

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Day 03: Trek from Danyga Khola to Dharapani (1470m.) which takes
about six hours.

The trail is ascent and descent as well at the beginning and
later moves through flat land all the way to Dharapani. En route you can enjoy
the spectacular views of green hills, forests, typical houses and mountain
views of Dhaulagiri, Mana Pathi Himal and other unnamed mountains. Dharpani is
a village with good infrastructure. There is a tap (dhara) at Dharapani and
village is named after this. Local people of this area belong to Magar, Chhetri
and few other communities.

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Day 04: Trek from Dharapani to Muna (1850m.) via Sibang (1610m.)
and it takes about six hours.

At first you trek through gentle flat land with green hills on
both sides. After some distance, the path goes quite up for a long distance
passing through villages, forests covered with pine, oak, rhododendron and
local vegetation. Before you enter Muna, you have to trek through flat for
couple of hours. Muna is a big village with good infrastructure. Mostly people
here are devotee of Hindu God and Goddess.

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Day 05: Trek from Muna to Jaljala La (3390m.) via Lumsum
(2100m.) and Moreni (2670m.) which takes about seven hours.

To reach Lumsum you have to trek through steep ascent path
passing through the oak and rhododendron forests with views of Dhaulagiri, Mana
Pathi and few other unnamed mountains. The path is steep up until you reach
Jaljala La passing through Moreni, a village where people follow Tibetan life
style. Jaljala is alpine grass land atop a ridge where people of surrounding
villages bring their domestic animals such as yak, sheep for grazing. This is
best described as hunting area. From the top you are speechless to see at the
panoramic views of Dhaulagiri range.

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Day 06: Trek from Jaljala La to Dhorpatan (2990m.) via Gurjakot
(3070m.) and it takes about seven hours.

The trails until Gurjakot are steep descent and then it moves
through flat land all the way to Dhorpatan. You walk along the bank of river
passing through forests covered with oak, pine, rhododendron, juniper and other
local vegetation. Gurjakot is a small village mostly dominated by people who
follow Tibetan culture. There are chortens, mani walls and prayer flags
fluttering in the bridge. On the other hand, Dhorpatan is a point where roads
from Baglung, Beni, Rolpa and Rukum meet. There is small airport. You can see
apple orchard and wheat, buck wheat, maize and mostly potatoes growing in
terraces. One of the most significant features about this place is that anyone
can go for hunting by paying certain fees to the Government authority. As
Dhorpatan is the only area for hunting in Nepal.

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Day 07: Rest day at Dhorpatan.

Today we excursion around the places in Dhorpatan. You can visit
monastery, chortens and local markets. Hiking green hill will give you another
pleasure. The typical houses with wooden roofs attract you. You can learn about
the social and cultural life style of local inhabitants.

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Day 08: Dhorpatan to Takur (3190m.) via Phagune Dhuri Pass
(4061m.) which takes about six to seven hours.

Leaving Dhorpatan you head uphill up to Phagune Dhuri Pass
passing grass land and sparse forests. This pass is surrounded by green hills
and you can see villages at some distance from the top. Now the trail goes
steep down passing villages, terraces and a suspension bridge over Pelma Khola
(stream). As you cross bridge you begin to follow gentle ascent path through
terraces and local villages all the way to Takur. This is a small village where
you find local people being involved in their daily activities.

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Day 09: Trek from Takur to Pelma (2600m.) and it takes about six
hours.

The supposed trail moves down all the way to Pelma crossing a
wooden bridge over Pelma Khola. On the way, you can see several villages,
terraces, green hills and local people. Pelma is a village and people living in
and around this area are not well to do. As you can see not well managed houses
and people being involved in farming.

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Day 10: Trek from Pelma to Dhule (3340m.) via Yamakhar (2480m.)
and Gorba Khola (2930m.) which takes about seven hours.

Crossing Pelma Khola the trails go steep up all the way to
Dhule. En route, you pass through picturesque villages, terraces and green
hills. Dhule is yet another village at a certain height.

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Day 11: Trek from Dhule to Seng Khola (3820m.) via Nautale
Bhanjyang (3961m.) and it takes about six hours.

The beginning part of the trail moves through the pine,
rhododendron, juniper forests along the steep ascent path until you reach
Nautale Bhanjyang. You can enjoy the panoramic views of Dhaulagiri range and
other unnamed mountains. Nautale Bhanjyang, atop a ridge is a grass land where
local people bring yak and sheep for grazing. To reach Seng Khola you trek
through gently ascent for couple of hours and the trail turns steep up all the
way to your destination. Seng Khola is a village which lies at the bank of Seng
river. You can see terraces with wheat, buck wheat and mainly potatoes growing
in it.

You trek steep ascend all the way to Purpang following rocky and
dry land. En route you come across alpine grass land. From Panidal Pass you can
have panoramic views of Dhaulagiri range, Kantagaton Himal, Nurbukang Himal and
other unnamed mountains. While heading towards Purpang, you cross rocky and
slippery trail. Purpang is an open rocky grass land surrounded by spectacular
mountains.

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Day 13: Trek from Purpang to Sahar Tara (3010m.) via Jangla
Bhanjyang (4530m.) and Tokar (3740m.) and it takes about seven hours.

The trail you follow is steep ascent up to Jangla Bhanjyang
passing through rocky trails. You are accompanied by panoramic views of Norbu
Himal, Kantagaton, Dhaulagiri, Serkeam Himal and few others. After you Jangla
Bhanjyang, you are quite surrounded by above mentioned mountain views. Crossing
Jangla Bhanjyang, you begin to follow gentle descent path all the way to Tokar.
It is a small village surrounded by hills. To reach Sahar Tara, you again
follow steep descent path passing through few villages and sparse vegetation.
Sahar Tara is yet another village with terraces which lacks necessary
infrastructure and far from modernization.

Crossing several villages you walk downhill all the way to your
destination. Tarakot is a small village which falls en route. Yalkot Khola is
also a village which lies at the bank of Barbung Khola. The camping spot
Kanigaon is yet another small village where you find a small market with shops,

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Day 15: Trek from Kanigaon to Dunai (2150m.) which takes about
seven hours.

Leaving Kanigaon, you begin to follow gentle descent path along
the bank of Thulibheri river passing through villages and terraces. Dunai,
headquarter of Dolpa district lies at the bank of Thulibheri river. There are
lodges, tea houses, hotels, government offices, hospitals and other
infrastructure.

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Day 16: Trek from Dunai to Juphal (2490m.) and it takes about
two and half hours.

After walking through flat level path for some hours you begin
to follow gentle ascent path passing through villages, terraces and sparse
vegetation. You find farmers cultivating paddies around this area. There are
airport, offices, lodges, tea houses, hotel and typical houses of local people.